A/N: Well, here is the next chapter. Sorry that I didn't update yesterday. I was exhausted. Enjoy.
The rest of the week went by with ease. There was no word from Nebula or Maria in regards to the necklace that was hidden, but everyone knew it wasn't going to be like that forever. Gamora awoke in the middle of the night hearing a strange sound from outside. She didn't exactly know what it was that woke her, but she didn't like it. Especially since it was 3 AM.
Sighing, she got up and put her boots on and grabbed her dagger from her dresser, leaving the ship and carefully trying not to wake the others as she did so. Gamora walked a little ways out of the view from the Milano, holding her silver dagger in her hand as the small town came into view. There was not a soul in sight.
She quickly looked around, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a flash of black and didn't even have time to react before she was knocked off her feet. The dagger she had been holding cut her hand, causing her to hiss in pain as it dropped to the ground. She kicked her attacker away from her with a swift kick to the stomach and she got up, picking the knife up as she ran towards the town in hopes of out running him.
There was no way that she was going to lead him to the others.
The attacker was too quick for her and knocked her off her feet once again, causing for her to fall onto her front and drop the knife once more. She knew that her attacker was male simply from the amount of weight being pressed onto her backside as he pinned her in place with his legs, wrapping the crook of his elbow around her in a choke hold.
"P-" She tried to call out, but he only held on tighter, cutting off her air supply.
"Be silent!" He snapped, keeping his voice low.
Gamora's eyes widened as she recognized the voice.
Nikolai.
The assassin let out a groan of pain as something sharp was pressed into the side of her neck. The last thing she remembered was hearing Nikolai mumble something that sounded almost like an apology, and him picking her up as her vision blurred and everything went black.
Peter awoke that morning with a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. Looking around, he noticed that Gamora wasn't in the room, which was odd. Usually since she was the first to wake, she would always come into his room to lie down with him until he woke. He didn't know why, but his first instinct was to go to his girlfriends room across the hall. Slowly, he opened the door to her room to see that it was vacant.
Her bed had definitely been slept in, that much he was certain of. However, her shoes were gone and so was her knife, but other than that it looked as though she had just upped and left without taking any of her belongings. It was as if she had just vanished into thin air.
"Everyone wake up!" He ordered, going into everyones room and waking them. Quite rudely, which wasn't like Peter at all.
"Someone better be dying!" Rocket snapped, coming into the common room with the other two.
"Gamora's missing. I went into her room and none of her stuff was missing. No clothes. No units. Nothing but her knife and shoes. It's like she just vanished into thin air."
"It is not possible to vanish into thin air." Drax said, sighing as he added, "She could not have gone far. Perhaps she has gone into town for supplies."
"I am Groot." Groot said in agreement.
Everyone left the ship without even bothering to get changed out of their pajamas, calling out for Gamora as they slowly approached town. Not only was Peter worried, but the others were beginning to become concerned as well. This was not like Gamora. He sighed and looked down at his feet, about to have a melt down when something shimmering caught his eye. The former out-law crouched down and picked up the small, silver, diamond object. It was a ring! Not just any ring. It was Gamora's ring! He remembered that she had worn it the very first time that the group had gone to Knowhere to meet the collector.
Peter held it tightly in his hand and got up, taking several more steps before he saw a few, dark red drops, followed by a knife. He recognized it immediately as Gamora's.
Gamora was missing and she was hurt.
Gamora groaned and weakly sat up, holding her aching head before she took her hand away and saw blood on it. The cut on her hand hurt like hell as did her neck where Nikolai stabbed her with something sharp. It definitely wasn't a knife he stabbed her with. That much she was certain of. There was a dark red spot on her black t-shirt, which she pulled up to reveal another cut.
Must have cut myself again when I was pulled to the ground. She thought and looked around. It was a stone cold cell she was in, looking almost like the inside of a cave. Her eyes widened in recognition and fear. She was on Titan.
"Glad to see you're awake." An all too familiar voice said from the other side of the dark, damp cell. Gamora turned to the sound of the voice and backed up so she had her back pressed up against the wall.
Nebula.
A/N: Let me know what y'all think! Please review!
